| A Grammar of Mina Contributor(s): Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (Author), Johnston, Eric (Author), Edwards, Adrian (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 3110185652 ISBN-13: 9783110185652 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $278.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | African Languages (see Also Swahili) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 496.337 |
| LCCN: 2005025880 |
| Series: Mouton Grammar Library [Mgl] |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.02 lbs) 527 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Grammar of Mina is a reference grammar of a hitherto undescribed and endangered Central Chadic language. The book contains a description of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and all the functional domains encoded by this language. For each hypothesis regarding a form of linguistic expression and its function, ample evidence is given. The description of formal means and of the functions coded by these means is couched in terms accessible to all linguists regardless of their theoretical orientations. Because of these unusual linguistic characteristics, the Grammar of Mina will be of interest to a wide range of linguists. |